Carbon Markets for the Poor: A Contradiction in Terms?

A Contradiction in Terms?

A Panel Discussion and Public Debate in London

Debate proceedings will be available shortly after this event at www.clean-development.com

Tuesday 15th November 2011, 7 - 9pm

UEA London Study Centre, 102 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EZ

Ahead of the climate summit in Durban in November, questions are being asked about whether the commitment to carbon markets as a central response to climate change is the right approach. Amid evidence of double-counting of emissions reductions and a failure to deliver sustainable development benefits in developing countries, is the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) worth saving?

For some the issue is how to reform the CDM by scaling up, reducing costs and improving governance. For others the CDM is flawed by design.

This public event will explore these debates, which go to the heart of a 3 year project on The Governance of Clean Development: CDM and Beyond led by Professor Peter Newell, which explores the politics and governance of clean development in the energy sector through the CDM and through other initiatives of a growing range of public and private actors.

The event brings together leading actors and specialists in the field to debate these issues based on some of the findings of the research.

Moderator

Simon Maxwell, Overseas Development Institute

Discussion Panel – Confirmed Speakers

Professor Michael Grubb, University of Cambridge

Craig Bennett, Friends of the Earth

Dr Emily Boyd, University of Reading

The event will begin with an introduction by Professor Peter Newell, University of Sussex.